In the face of subcutaneous fat and tissue is lost from the face, allowing the move in gravity and wrinkles to appear. This means that the cheeks move downwards giving jowls and lines appear particularly between the nose and corners of the mouth. The lips also lose volume and become thinner and the hands lose tissue and appear to show more veins and tendons giving a boney look associated with age. The other areas affected are the feet, neck and decolletage (cleavage area).

About Dermal Fillers

Although creams and moisturisers claim to reduce ageing skin and to moisturise the skin, they cannot do this due to the way the skin acts. The skin is impervious to water going in; otherwise when we took a bath or shower for example, we would swell up with water.

Creams and moisturisers actually put an oily layer over the skin to try and minimise the amount of water loss by sweat and evaporation. The only way to add volume back under the skin would appear more youthful is to physically put something back under the skin. The most common way to achieve this is with dermal fillers.

Dermal Fillers

We use hyaluronic acid fillers. This is a natural occurring substance in human tissue. It attracts and holds onto water and so the more hyaluronic acid is in a tissue the more plumped and younger it looks. As we age and with lifestyle factors such as sun worshipping and smoking, the rate at which hyaluronic acid decreases is increased.

At present the only way to increase hyaluronic acid is to inject it. As hyaluronic acid is a natural substance, it slowly gets reabsorbed by the body meaning the effects last between 9 and 12 months.